Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
At the beginning beginning of this trailer we could be led to believe that the genre is action because we see a man being persued by people in cars and being trapped inside a building. However, as the trailer progresses we realise that it is in fact advertising a horror film as we soon see a teenage girl explaining to someone about her nightmares. The mise-en-scene suggests horror as a lot of the scenes we see are set at night time - a typical convention of horror films. We only see glimpses of the villian through most of the trailer which creates suspense and only see his face right at the end which is shown to be disfigured and scary. We often see a clawed hand and so presume this belongs to him and that he uses it as a weapon. Other indicators of the horror genre are screams, shadows and the inter-titles are in red and black with a blood splattered background. The red connotes danger, death and panic. The music is eerie because it is of children singing what sounds like a nursery rhyme. The music is contrapuntal and makes us feel un-easy because it contrasts against the scary scenes that we are watching. The song relates to the story of the film as we hear the line 'never sleep again' sung.
The name of the movie is indicated at the end of the trailer. However, we are already given some clues into the name through the shot showing a strret sign of Elm Street and well known scenes for the original version of the film. For example, the children skipping, the hand coming out of the bath water and the girl rising out of her bed into the air.
The production values of the film are made clear because right near the beginning we are told that the studio is New line Cinema and after we see the man being chased we are shown that the producer is Michael Bay who is a well known name.
There is no voice-over in the trailer but dialogue from the film is used to give clues into the story and back up the visuals we see.
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At the beginning beginning of this trailer we could be led to believe that the genre is action because we see a man being persued by people in cars and being trapped inside a building. However, as the trailer progresses we realise that it is in fact advertising a horror film as we soon see a teenage girl explaining to someone about her nightmares. The mise-en-scene suggests horror as a lot of the scenes we see are set at night time - a typical convention of horror films. We only see glimpses of the villian through most of the trailer which creates suspense and only see his face right at the end which is shown to be disfigured and scary. We often see a clawed hand and so presume this belongs to him and that he uses it as a weapon. Other indicators of the horror genre are screams, shadows and the inter-titles are in red and black with a blood splattered background. The red connotes danger, death and panic. The music is eerie because it is of children singing what sounds like a nursery rhyme. The music is contrapuntal and makes us feel un-easy because it contrasts against the scary scenes that we are watching. The song relates to the story of the film as we hear the line 'never sleep again' sung.
The name of the movie is indicated at the end of the trailer. However, we are already given some clues into the name through the shot showing a strret sign of Elm Street and well known scenes for the original version of the film. For example, the children skipping, the hand coming out of the bath water and the girl rising out of her bed into the air.
The production values of the film are made clear because right near the beginning we are told that the studio is New line Cinema and after we see the man being chased we are shown that the producer is Michael Bay who is a well known name.
There is no voice-over in the trailer but dialogue from the film is used to give clues into the story and back up the visuals we see.
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Hide and Seek
The genre of this trailer is first easily distingushable when we see the shot of the bath with the words 'You let her die' written on the tiles. The writing is in red and so we presume that it is written in blood. The titles at the end are blue, black and white. They also have an eerie lighting effect on them. The colour scheme appears quite spooky and sinister. The horror in this film is psychological and the idea that the young girl has an imaginary friend is suggested in the trailer however, it is not made clear and so therefore the trailer has created an enigma about the film. Alot of spooky scenes are set at night time which is typical of the horror genre. The limited amount of light creates added suspense because we are unaware of what might be hiding in the shadows.
The name of the movie is revealed near the end of the trailer. Links are made to it in the trailer such as when we hear the little girl counting and right at the end when he says 'come out, come out wherever you are'.
We see the 20th Century Fox logo right at the beginning of the trailer so know that the film has been made by a big studio and so probably had a high budget. The names of the two main actors are revealed. Dakota Fanning and Rober DiNiro are both well known names and so the film has recognisable star power. The use of a young star makes the film seem more horrific because of the fact that she appears to be possessed which is a horrible thought as typically a child is supposed to be sweet and innocent.
There is no voice-over and dialogue is used to give away some clues about the narrative. There are two inter-titles right at the end which again give clues into the story and act as a tagline for the movie.
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